Building a strong team: Guide to Team Building Activities That Rock
Building great teams doesn’t end at hiring a self-confessed team player but also having the capability to deliver more than the sum of their parts. Therefore, there is a need to focus on building high-performance teams.
A lot of managers do a little to highlight team performance. A leader needs to build a team to execute the projects flawlessly.
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What is team building?
A successful company operates best when employees are working with a team mentality. Team building simply means — a team environment where complex actions like planning, thinking, decision making is done cooperatively in a better way.
“None of us is as good as all of us.”
Team building is the most precious investment you can make for your people. It encourages good communication and collaboration that directly boosts the company’s bottom line.
Team building benefits:
- Encourage creativity
- Responsive and meaningful communication
- Boost group morale
- Promote team cooperation
- Develops problem-solving skills
- Collaborative and motivated work culture
Remember, successful team building at work often leads to success for everyone.
What is the purpose of team building?
Team building goes a long way in building strong professional relationships, and the quality of doing work also improves greatly.
“A culture is strong when people work with each other for each other & weak when people work against each other for themselves.”
As the quote from Simon Sinek suggests, a weak culture in an organization is because of the people present there who stop working for each other and just look out for themselves. When there are no joint efforts from them it becomes problematic.
Now that you know the importance of team building in an organization, let us take a look at some of the team building activities in the workplace for high performance to build a strong team.
Team building games: Indoor and outdoor
Indoor
Organizational Jenga
In this indoor team building game, use actual Jenga game and mark blocks that will represent the composition of your office. OR use wooden blocks and define the hierarchies in your office. The participants divided into groups will be given an equal number of blocks. Provide them the rules and guidelines and allow them to remove blocks without compromising the structure. Set a time limit for each group. See who does it perfectly in less time to build a structure that can withstand removal of blocks.
With this exercise, the teams will know how to be in place and save things from falling apart.
Pictionary.
This is another indoor activity that focuses on communication and language making teams more able to understand each other. So, similarly divide the team into groups of 4–6 people. Let one team think of some item that they will challenge a person from the other to draw and explain it to the team members. With careful planning, the team member has to draw without labeling the picture and using other directions.
In the end, the team who guesses the maximum right drawings will win.
Outdoor
Paintball
Keep the thrill in your teams alive by planning outdoor activities as well. Paintballing is a challenging and teamwork driven activity. It has been rapidly getting popular everywhere for team building. The game’s focus on a good combination of strategy and fun for an unforgettable experience.
The teams will have to complete some tasks while trying to be ahead of the opposition or trying to stop them from progressing. You will be given gas-powered paintball gun to remove the opponents from your way, and you’re given top-quality safety gear. It will be a memorable experience for everyone building team spirit and an interactive atmosphere.
Mountain climbing/Trekking
Nothing like a group together going for a trek. Engaging in activities like trekking motivates teams to move collectively towards a common goal. There will be many challenges for them that will get employees to interact with one another. Pick the closest destination for activities like mountain climbing or trekking to give them a breath of fresh air and return motivated.
Discussions over lunch
Fun-lunch meeting can be an icebreaker for teams. Lunch meetings are best for carrying forward light discussions. Company lunches have proven to increase productivity and improve team building. Keep a day in a week where you sponsor a lunch for the teams and do the discussions. Provide lunch for the whole company, thoughtfully discuss work-related questions.
Also, it builds a good brand image. As of fact, 45 percent of workers said that the availability of free lunch would strongly influence their decision to accept a job offer. Don’t lose the opportunity. Make company lunch a priority as people will be excited about work with food.
Organize a day trip
Let your team feel like you are a family. Plan a day trip. Explore the city for a day with your whole team. You can organize the trip like a reward to your employees or just a change for a fresh start. They will be encouraged to take a break from the daily pressure and interact, build a bond with colleagues, improve their relationships and know each other well.
You can even go for a water park tour. It’ll be fun to play with the team.
Celebrate each other’s success
We at ProofHub, try our best to take time to celebrate employees achievements. We never take their hard work for granted. If you have a team who has achieved success beyond expectations, a celebration can be a simple way to acknowledge their efforts. Raise a glass to the success of your team’s achievements. This helps in keeping them motivated always, removing any negativity and keeps the team united.
Additionally, discussing success stories will bring fulfillment in your company and inspire others to excel.
Karaoke Night
You can test their presentation skills and see how they put their foot forward. Make groups, have them work together to rock their performance. Reward them with small gifts, chocolates etc. for the team who performs the best.
Promote employee hobby clubs
When your employees are giving their 8–9 hours in your office, why not give them a space to share an interest in various activities. Promote hobby group meetings so their hobbies do not die out. Sponsor photography clubs, Zumba group, internet game playing groups, creative art group. Fix a day in a week when they can explore these hobby clubs. Employees will get to know each other better and spend time other than the daily work. The teams will feel motivated that their interest are being considered and this will boost their performance as well.
These team building activities in the workplace will give you a positivity to formulae a successful company team. You will stretch your imagination better. At times, the work becomes boring when there are no such enthusiastic activities.
Try these fun activities with your team, they will be better acquainted with each other, and more productive.
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